Was doing some more skin tests (also done with body retopo and uvs) to check out some colors and how it looks inside of marmoset (atm it's just polypaint, no real textures) I will adjust it later with one more pass in substance painter once I have the other things retopo'd as well. I'm also thinking of having some kind of gold paint on his skin to really emphasize the cultural background so to speak, but again that'll be in substance. Any suggestions or opinions on this are welcome as always!

Still alive over here. Finished retopo, uvs and bakes and Did a quick render in iray with basic materials and some more skin painting. I also now have a name for him and more of a backstory. The name is Naum, which stands for creator of the human mind and thought. I picture him as an alien that visited the mayas in the past. Remembered as a god. In terms of the contest nobody would want to fight a god eh? :> I did stray quite a bit from what I had in mind in the beginning, but I am a lot more happy with this version. It fits the idea of a champion a lot better imo. Still need to do quite a bit of work. Hoping I can finish him in time!

@maxloegler Yeah got some metal wear in on the gold, now just have to take care of the other mats a bit more (some more than others). And thank you :3

Curious if people know where I'm getting the color palette from mostly. Anyways today's update. One more texture day left, gotta add the pieces that go on the cloth and add the gem in there. Then finish up my materials and head into marmoset. Once everything is working fine I have to get a pose, base and fx done. I think I got it in terms of time. I might take some time after the contest to refine it a bit more though. I'll decide once I deliver for the contest.

I was looking more at the starcraft legacy of the void cinematic but I do also have a thanos image :3 . Yeah I agree, even by looking at my ref again I probably need to do another darkening pass, these are some of the images I'm using, that gold is so good >.>

I could work on this guy forever, but I guess it is now time to say goodbye to another project and move on. Had a blast working on this guy and can't wait to start on my next project! I saw some awesome entries by everyone and it was fun to compete with you all. Good luck everybody!

On a side note my final image is 2800 x 2048 as it said that I could chose the format and it just had to be at least 2048x2048.

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He certainly looks like he could be mistaken for a god. Looks great man! I wish you had submitted earlier cz I could have learned from you when it comes to gold haha, jokes aside though I do really like it, deserves to place at least top 5 for sure!

@aveon Hahaha thanks man! Appreciate the kind words :3 @juan Thanks man! @rath-nikhil Yeah.. I don't know what it is, it could be the file size? I'm not sure tbh, but if you click on them they open, they are just not open from the get go. @maxloegler Thanks max Yeah finally time to rest for a bit!